Baggage-truck.



T. V. BUCKWALTER.

BAGGAGE TRUCK.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY s, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application led July 6, 1910. Serial No. 570,554.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TRAoY V. BUCK- WALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Trucks, of `whlch the following is a specification.

My invention is a truck operated by a motor, and it comprises a frame having housed at one end aV pair ofv traction wheels` large capacity, convenience in loading and on the knuckles.

truck is provided with the axlev5 having the unloading, and facility in steering and operating generally. r .Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa truck embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 an end elevation of the same with parts broken away, and Flg. 3 is a plan view with parts removed.

The truck, as shown in the drawings, is provided at one end with the axle 1ha`ving the knuckles 2 connected therewith by the journals 3 and the low wheels 4 journaled At the other end, the

knuckles 6 connected therewith by the journals 7 and the comparatively high wheels 8 journaled on thev knuckles, the wheels 8 having a wider gage or tread than the Wheels 4. Longitudinal beams ,9) are supported by the axles and support the transverse beams 10 and 10. A U-shaped beam, comprising the diverging side sections 11 and the end section 12, is supported by the beams 9, 10 and 10', and is provided with the flanges 11 and 12 for supporting a floor or platform 11". Struts 13y are connected with and supported bythe connected ends vof parts 10 andll;

struts 14 are connected with and supported by the beams 9. and 10 at theirjunctures, and struts 15 are supported by ends of'the beams 9. Atransverse beam 16 is' xed to the tops of the struts 13 and 14, longitudi- 'nal beams 17 are fixed to the tops of the struts. 14 and 15, and a U-shaped beam4 consisting of the converging side sections 18 .aXeS.

and the end section 19 is fixed to the tops of the struts 13 and 15; these beams being adapted for holding a floormor platform. Beams 20, fixed to the struts 14 and 15, support the springs 21 which carry the cradle 22 for Holding the battery 23, the cradle being adapted for having the battery slid thereinto and therefrom through the end of the housing formed by the parts 13 to 19 inclusive. l

A motor 24, adapted to be operated b the battery, is supported by the frame within the housing and acts through the gears 25, 26, 27 and 28, upon the wheels 8, to which the gears 28 are fixed; the gears 27 being connected with the driving shaft 29 (through whichthegears 26 act) by the universal joints 30in the line of the axes of the journals 7.

The knuckles 2 have xed thereto the arms 31'and 32 which are connected by the rod 33, the arm 32 having an arm 34 fixed thereto through which the wheels are moved on their vertical axes. Similarly the knuckles 6 havelixed thereto the arms 35 connected by a rod 36, one of the knuckles having an arm 37 fixed thereto through which" these knuckles are moved on their lvertical A shaft 38, journaled in the bearings 39 on the housing and turned bythe lever 40, has an arm 41 fixed thereto which is connected by the rod 42 with 'the arm 34 troller 47 which is disposed in the housing,-

and further the'foot lever 48 for operating the brake lmechanism which is likewise within the housing,

The front or driving wheels have a-turniI/'I'g angle of approximately 25 degrees,flim

ited by the character of the connections of the universal pinions, and the steering gear is arranged so that thev traction wheels describe, circles which are substantially concentric.' The rearwardly converging sides designed for enabling the truck to be turned within a small radius. In turning, the inner driving wheel will describe the circle A while the outer wheel will turn at an angle ,and by the link 43 with the arm 37" whereby ,of the frame and the rounded corners are not quite so acute, describing the circle B. The turning angle of the rear wheels'4 is not limited by driving conditions and they are therefore designed so that the inner wheel, describing the circle C, will turn through an angle of 45 degrees, while the outer wheel', turns through a somewhat smaller angle, describing circle D of maximum radius. It will be evident that the narrower the rear of the platform and the tread of the rear wheels, the smaller will be the area within which the truck can be turned, to which end the corners of the frame are rounded and, in turning, describe the circles E and F. The truck being intended for Warehouse use and operation in box cars, the construction is designed to provide for turning within a small radius and to be skidded by contact of the rounded corners with an obstruction.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A tapering drop frame having an elevated part, in combination with wheels of different diameters and different treads within its sides at its opposite ends, the wheels of greater diameter and greater tread being under said elevated part.

2. A tapering'drop frame elevated at its wider end and rounded at the corners of its narrower end, wheels within the sides of the wider end of said frame, wheels of smaller diameter and narrower tread within the sides of the narrower end of said frame, and means comprising knuckles whereby said wheels support said frame.

3. A tapering dro frame, wheels within the sides of the wi er end of said frame, Wheels of narrower t-read within the sides of the narrowerend of said frame, mans` comprising knuckles whereby said wheels support said frame, .and` means for shifting said wheels so that they describe approximatel concentric circles. y f f 4. tapering drop frame elevated at its wider end and having rounded corners at its narrower end, a pair of wheels at the wider and "elevated end ofsaid frame, a pair ofwheels of smaller diameter and narrower tread at the narrower end of said frame, means whereby said wheels support said frame and means` for simultaneously shifting said wheels so that'A they describe approximately concentric circles.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name this 2d day of July, 1910, in the presence of the subscribingwitnesses.

TRACY V. BUCKWALTER.'

Witnesses:

P. H. MARKLEY, 

